Great 'Sat Nav' Hunt (merged)

boatman

Anyone looking to get a Satnav should take a look at the garmin C510D(deluxe, not the plain C510) for £300 from Halfords. In addition to the usual features it also comes with full european mapping on a DVD and the very useful addition of a free traffic information service(RDS-TMC) which can re-route you to avoid delays.
For information, the equivilent TomTom unit would be the GO710 at £400, on top of that price you would need to pay £40 a year for the traffic service plus the cost of data calls from your mobile, or wait for the tomtom traffic module to come out in the next few months at an unknown cost(maybe £100??).

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&productId=240303&categoryId=33962&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=33962&crumb=31265&varient=&CarSelectorCatalogId=&CarSelectorGroupId=
Satellite Navigation Garmin StreetPilot C510D from Halfords Price £299.99

http://www.garmin.com/products/sp510/
Garmin: StreetPilot c510

http://www.rds.org.uk/episode/rdstmcbrochure.htm
RDS-TMC: What is it all about?

fuzzyrazer

I thought this was cheap http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/89235?gclid=CPutrM-soIUCFRBhMAodIXEaLA until i saw this on haggle4me website,someone has mangaed to find the tom tom 300 for £224.08 ::eek:

boatman

fuzzyrazer wrote:

I thought this was cheap http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/89235?gclid=CPutrM-soIUCFRBhMAodIXEaLA until i saw this on haggle4me website,someone has mangaed to find the tom tom 300 for £224.08 ::eek:

A TomTom ONE at £220 is better than the Go300. But better than both of these is the Garmin C510d i mentioned above, great value.

gjchester

Argos has Garmin i3's at £129 for anyone still after one.

Cat No 740/0995

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7400995.htm

Jazzking

Excellent bargain HERE for a Navman ICN-720 GPS unit. The 700 series only came out at the start of May and is better than the 530 or 330 and from the Amazon Marketplace seller you can get a brand new unit for half the RRP - mine arrived today and I'm very very pleased with it

boatman

Jazzking wrote:

Excellent bargain HERE for a Navman ICN-720 GPS unit. The 700 series only came out at the start of May and is better than the 530 or 330 and from the Amazon Marketplace seller you can get a brand new unit for half the RRP - mine arrived today and I'm very very pleased with it

I'm sure its a very nice unit but again i would say the Garmin c510d for the extra £100 is worth it.

Jazzking

yes, but it's £199 compared to Argos' £399 and I'm not planning on going to Europe...

To be fair I've not trid a TomTom but this certainly seems to do the job very well and there is a traffic module add on with no subscription charge if you're into that kinda thing.

~Alex~

cougar_3

Jazzking wrote:

Excellent bargain HERE for a Navman ICN-720 GPS unit. The 700 series only came out at the start of May and is better than the 530 or 330 and from the Amazon Marketplace seller you can get a brand new unit for half the RRP - mine arrived today and I'm very very pleased with it

I've gone for it, many thanks!

I think I got the last one available at the moment though, so apologies to anyone else.

mutley74

I need to start making some regular long distance journeys from July. I would like to buy one of these GPS kits. I seek one that is easy to use, large buttons, includes a car kit which easy sticks to windscreen or dash board.

Prefer one that has night screen use, all cables included and can be updated if possible. Do these list include traffic info or is that an extra? if so how much and how useful if the traffic info? ie is it very live updated info?

Budget is around £150 but may spend more if it has traffic or other useful features. I drive high mileage (100miles to work roundtrip) plus many long distance UK trips to start from July.
(only need UK maps not european)
thanks

BigAde

boatman wrote:

Anyone looking to get a Satnav should take a look at the garmin C510D(deluxe, not the plain C510) for £300 from Halfords. In addition to the usual features it also comes with full european mapping on a DVD and the very useful addition of a free traffic information service(RDS-TMC) which can re-route you to avoid delays.
For information, the equivilent TomTom unit would be the GO710 at £400, on top of that price you would need to pay £40 a year for the traffic service plus the cost of data calls from your mobile, or wait for the tomtom traffic module to come out in the next few months at an unknown cost(maybe £100??).

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&productId=240303&categoryId=33962&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=33962&crumb=31265&varient=&CarSelectorCatalogId=&CarSelectorGroupId=
Satellite Navigation Garmin StreetPilot C510D from Halfords Price £299.99

http://www.garmin.com/products/sp510/
Garmin: StreetPilot c510

http://www.rds.org.uk/episode/rdstmcbrochure.htm
RDS-TMC: What is it all about?

Boatman - I'm thinking rather seriously about getting one of these (just wish I could find a discount code for Halfords!) ... The add-on for the traffic module... how big is this and where do you site it? Does it need its own power supply? How do the traffic alerts work, is there a voice announcement of the length of delay (as in my TrafficMaster Freeway box), or does it appear on a map, or does it not give you a choice and just recalculate the route for you? For example if my TrafficMaster Freeway box indicates just a 10 minute delay on a motorway, I'll usually sit through it rather than try and navigate around it.

Any idea what coverage of the FM signal is like... I do regular trips down to West Wales and would like to know if the whole of the M4/A48 is covered.

Sorry for all the questions...!